The last episode of a good TV series is almost never the best episode or even a particularly good one. At worst, you get a clip show, a rehash of all the “top” moments over the course of several seasons. Or the writers try to tie up every conceivable loose end for every character with a neat little bow to the point of making it completely contrived. At best, you get a resolution to the major storylines, but there’s just enough left open-ended for some of the characters to…

> The Chronicle’s **Will Kane**, one of the reporters covering last week’s BART demonstrations, overheard more or less – the longer quotes in the following aren’t verbatim, but approximations of what was said, says Kane – the following exchange: > > Angry older male protester to officer: “You cop, you’re a pig. You bitch. You’re a bitch. That’s all.” > > Angry older female protester to angry older male protester: “Excuse me, sir, can you please not use a derogatory term for females, even when you’re insulting a cop.” > > Angry…

**Update**: An old friend called me out on Facebook for my harsh words below. I’m going to leave them there, so everyone can read what I now believe was an overly harsh initial reaction to the article I’m quoting here from SFGate. I still believe my original conclusion, but I am not happy about how I explained my reasoning. My updated, more thought out reasoning, was posted as a comment on Facebook, as well. I will add that to the end of this article, for your convenience, or…